-The 69-year-old Ben Stein, best known for his Comedy Central show, Win Ben Stein’s Money, was at an airport when he met a 24-year-old “performance artist” and former escort, Tanya Ma. Red flag number one is when someone identifies themselves as a performance artist.

-Stein was quite taken with her. The pair exchanged info, and kept in touch via emails and texts over the course of a couple months. Per the Post, “when she first met Stein, she thought he was interested in her as a fledgling author.” Note to all 24-year-old escorts – NO CELEBRITY IS INTERESTED IN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE A FLEDGLING AUTHOR.

-Stein sent Ma thousands of dollars because she gave him a hard luck story about the fact that she was a soon to be young, single mom. In exchange, she sent him a bunch of nudes, some of which featured her pregnant belly. To each his own, ya know?

-They were about to meet up, but then she got cold feet after he said he wanted to hug and kiss her when they saw each other. Creepy, yes. But how naive can you be? You’re an escort sending nude photos in exchange for thousands of dollars. I’m sorry, lady, but this isn’t a hostile work environment situation here. Pretty sure you knew what was going on.

-Ma stopped sending the racy photos and refused to meet up with him, and so Stein quit sending her money. Now, she’s all pissy that her free ride has ended, and so she’s trying to ruin him by going to The Post and making him look bad. Tanya Ma, you are the worst type of leech.

-For his part, Stein isn’t shying away from the attention, and happily defended himself to the Post, claiming he did nothing wrong, and asserting that his wife knew about the whole thing.

I’m Team Ben Stein here. They were two consenting adults, entering into a sexually charged relationship, and she tried to basically blackmail him once the money dried up. Tanya Ma – you are a lecherous hooker, who gives honorable, upstanding hookers a bad name.

If you’re interested, below are the text messages between the two that Ma leaked to the Post.

About Brandon Cohen...
Brandon Cohen was raised by Jew gypsies on the sleepy island of Manhattan, and went on to defy the odds by graduating from a four-year accredited university in Nashville, TN. He's a writer and aspiring street fight videographer. Back in 2008, Brandon talked to Amanda Bynes at a club in LA for over fifteen minutes.